A dish of meat, potato, and vegetable served on a plate (usually blue) sectioned in three parts.

Bossy in a bowl

Beef stew, so called because "Bossy" was a common name for a cow.

bowl of red

A bowl of chili con carne, so called for its deep red color.

bowwow

A hot dog.

breath

An onion.

bridge or bridge party

Four of anything, so called from the card-game hand of bridge.

bullets

Also called "whistleberries" or "Saturday nights." Baked beans, so called because of the supposed flatulence they cause.

bun pup

A hot dog.

burn one

Put a hamburger on the grill.

burn the British

A toasted English muffin.

cat s eyes or fish eyes

Tapioca.

China

Rice pudding.

chopper

A table knife.

city juice

Water.

clean up the kitchen

Hash or hamburger.

Coney Island chicken or Coney Island

A hot dog, so called because hot dogs were popularly associated with the Coney Island stands at which they were sold.

cowboy

A western omelet or sandwich.

cow feed

A salad

creep

Draft beer.

crowd

Three of anything (possibly from the old saying, "Two's company, three's a crowd").

deadeye

Poached egg.

dog and maggot

Cracker and cheese.

dog biscuit

Cracker.

dog's body

A pudding of pea soup and flour or hardtack.

dough well done with cow to cover

Buttered toast.

draw one

Coffee.

eighty-six (86)

"Do not sell to that customer" or "The kitchen is out of the item ordered." Perhaps from the practice at Chumley's Restaurant in New York City of throwing rowdy customers out the back door, which is No. 86 Bedford Street. The term certainly predates its first appearance in print circa 1967.

Eve with a lid on

Apple pie, referring to the biblical Eve's tempting apple and to the crust that covers it.

fifty-five

A glass of root beer.

first lady

Spareribs, a pun on Eve's being made from Adam's spare rib.

fly cake or roach cake

A raisin cake or huckleberry pie.

Frenchman's delight

Pea soup.

GAC

Grilled American cheese sandwich. This was also called "jack" (from the pronunciation of "GAC"); a "Jack Benny" (after a radio comedian) was cheese with bacon.

gentleman will take a chance

Hash.

go for a walk

An order to be packed and taken out.

gravel train

Sugar bowl.

graveyard stew

Milk toast.

groundhog

Hot dog.

hemorrhage

Ketchup.

high and dry

A plain sandwich without butter, mayonnaise, or lettuce.

houseboat

A banana split, made with ice cream and sliced bananas.

in the alley

Serve as a side dish.

Irish turkey

Corned beef and cabbage.

java or joe

Coffee.

Iooseners

Prunes, so called because of their supposed laxative effect.

Iumber

A toothpick.

maiden's delight

Cherries, so called because "cherry" is a slang term for the maidenhead.

Mike and Ike or the twins

Salt and pepper shakers.

Mud or Omurk

Black coffee.

Murphy

Potatoes, so called because of their association with the Irish diet of potatoes, Murphy being a common Irish name.

Noah's boy

A slice of ham, because Ham was Noah's second son.

no cow

Without milk.

on the hoof

Meat done rare.

on wheels

An order to be packed and taken out.

pair of drawers

Two cups of coffee.

Pittsburgh

Toast or something burning, so called because of the smokestacks evident in Pittsburgh, a coal-producing and steel-mill city. In meat cookery, this refers to a piece of meat charred on the outside while still red within .

put out the lights and cry

Liver and onions.

radio

A tuna-fish-salad sandwich on toast punning on "tuna down," which sounds like "turn it down," as one would the radio knob.